For those who read one liner’s I suggest this one for this game. " I will fold you up like origami paper".
Found this game in the weirdest of places. Linkedin!? I saw a small second of gameplay and I was brought back to my childhood of playing with McDonalds toys with their occasional cardboard cutouts of their mascots, eventually making my own out of paper and using it in a world my single digit child mind could make.
I genuinely said “woah” out loud at work and showed my co-workers. It reminded me of certain Paper Ninbando game. But this is edgier, cooler and reminds me of the beat’em ups I used to play in the arcade. I genuinely think this could be a secret hit. For a first published game, or if this was an experiment or a proof of concept for school, although it was short, it was still fun and an easy recommend.
Do not the read the rest if you do not want to be spoiled – In summary, it is a easy recommend and there is no excuse you should not try it out.
The details.
Now let’s talk gameplay. Some of the reviews referenced some bad controls and stun lag when hit. I used WASD and the Punch-J Kick-K – Jump – L and Guard – i. Seems like that was fixed and love it, felt at home. The stun lag when hit didn’t seem to show up for me, so it might have been fixed, they hit hard, but I got up quickly, quite faster than the enemies.
But that is something I did want to address and was really only bother for me in the game. When I hit the enemy after a combo or use a jump kick on them, they take quite a long time for them to get up. Especially when you beat them off the screen, they can take a solid minute for them to come out, I found constantly moving helps as some enemies just stand still for some reason unless I move.
With that being the problem, having so so many enemies in a level can get quite tedious. So maybe if the pickup would be faster, it wouldn’t have felt as tedious. The club item was not as great, simple enough I feel though was a place holder, but the bar pickup was soooo amazing and the rest of combat. Mangan fique. So beautiful and clean.
The music!? Idk why it was giving me Guilty Gear Vibes, but I loved it, simple clean and catchy. Just like a cop film, can defiantly do a buddy cop scenario if you ever add co-op if u ever wanted to revisit the game. I would like to see simple confirmation sounds when the characters die, or you get hit but honestly not a big deal. One liner at the end of bosses would be kind of sweet before the cutout.
Also, I know this is something not utilized as much as in my playthough and you can beat the game without it, but the dashes are soooooo nice, idk why but it felt like I was wave-dashing lol. Honest potentials if I saw a second game/revisit, smarter enemies being smarter/more types, more combos, maybe with direction stuff. The bikes and Scooter kid caught me off guard and I loved them; my favorites next to the bosses. Train scene could have had maybe a previous boss or two sprinkled in instead of a large amount of people every round. That’s just a personal opinion.
Those are my honest thoughts, beautiful art style, simple but fun combat, great music, The backgrounds, sounds, the minor but impactful details. Man, I felt like I was living a childhood action movie again. Honestly would pay way more for this piece of art and should be used as an example in universities studying game design/art. Can’t wait to see what Cledson the developer does for his next project.
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